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Keep Android Open (keepandroidopen.org)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by PlanterTree@discuss.tchncs.de to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

Keep Android Open

In August 2025, Google announced that starting next year, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google.

This registration will involve:

  • Paying a fee to Google
  • Agreeing to Google’s Terms and Conditions
  • Providing government identification
  • Uploading evidence of an app’s private signing key
  • Listing all current and future application identifiers

Sign the open letter. And get active to help oppose the enactment of the policy in other ways listed on the website. Are there any more ways to oppose this?

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[-] chM5tZ8zMp@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

The link is currently dead, but it seems to be the official one.

That's odd. The site loads fine for me.

I still get "This site can’t be reached" (ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED). Not sure why, but maybe their domain is included in some blocklist I use in Adguard Home on my router? I haven't checked that.

this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2025
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